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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Mole Crickets (Gryllotalpidae) » Two-clawed Mole Crickets (Scapteriscus)
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what is this thing? - Scapteriscus - male
Copyright © 2007 beratsmom

what is this thing? - Scapteriscus - Male
US County, North Carolina, USA
July 13, 2007
Size: 1 1/2 inches
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Contributed by beratsmom on 13 July, 2007 - 3:25am
Last updated 29 March, 2008 - 4:53pm

Moved
Moved from Mole Crickets.
… John R. Maxwell, 29 March, 2008 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Scapteriscus sp.
This is Scapteriscus sp. ♂, though I cannot be certain which species based on this photograph.
… Sam W. Heads, 28 March, 2008 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 December, 2007 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Mole Cricket???
It looks like a Mole Cricket to me but I'm not sure which species. Two species can be found on the Bug Guide pages here ...

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4283

This species does a great deal of damage to lawns in southeastern areas of the US.

Michelle St.Sauveur
Coventry, RI
… Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur, 13 July, 2007 - 4:50am login or register to post comments

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